Overview
- A synthesis of forest ecology in Siberia where field investigation was impossible for scientists outside of the Soviet-block countries until the beginning of 1990s
- Description of forests growing over the vast areas of continuous permafrost, a biome unique to Siberia
- Scientific result of a long-term collaboration between Russian and Japanese scientists
- A comprehensive approach to ecosystem functioning
- Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras
Part of the book series: Ecological Studies (ECOLSTUD, volume 209)
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Table of contents (24 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Ecosystem Dynamics and Function
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About this book
Drawing from a decade-long collaboration between Japan and Russia, this important volume presents the first major synthesis of current knowledge on the ecophysiology of the coniferous forests growing on permafrost at high latitudes. It presents ecological data for a region long inaccessible to most scientists, and raises important questions about the global carbon balance as these systems are affected by the changing climate.
Making up around 20% of the entire boreal forests of the northern hemisphere, these ‘permafrost forest ecosystems’ are subject to particular constraints in terms of temperature, nutrient availability, and root space, creating exceptional ecosystem characteristics not known elsewhere. This authoritative text explores their diversity, structure, dynamics and physiology. It provides a comparison of these forests in relation to boreal forests elsewhere, and concludes with an assessment of the potential responses of this unique biome to climate change.
The book will be invaluable to advanced students and researchers interested in boreal vegetation, forest ecology, silviculture and forest soils, as well as to researchers into climate change and the global carbon balance.
Editors and Affiliations
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Permafrost Ecosystems
Book Subtitle: Siberian Larch Forests
Editors: Akira Osawa, Olga A. Zyryanova, Yojiro Matsuura, Takuya Kajimoto, Ross W. Wein
Series Title: Ecological Studies
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4020-9693-8
Publisher: Springer Dordrecht
eBook Packages: Biomedical and Life Sciences, Biomedical and Life Sciences (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer Science+Business Media B.V. 2010
Hardcover ISBN: 978-1-4020-9692-1Published: 04 February 2010
Softcover ISBN: 978-94-007-3145-5Published: 05 May 2012
eBook ISBN: 978-1-4020-9693-8Published: 04 January 2010
Series ISSN: 0070-8356
Series E-ISSN: 2196-971X
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XXVI, 502
Number of Illustrations: 10 illustrations in colour
Topics: Ecology, Plant Ecology, Forestry, Ecosystems, Terrestial Ecology, Soil Science & Conservation